Category: Agents & publishing

How to Sell A Book, if you’re Billy No-Mates

Last week, I explained that the trick of selling on Amazon is to achieve steadily growing traffic and sales over 4-7 days. In effect, you’re…

Harry 1 November 2024

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE – Philippa Sitters from Philippa Sitters Associates

Good morning, everyone! Welcome back to our Spotlight On interview series, where we uncover the day-to-day work of agents, what they’re looking for in submission…

Anna 29 October 2024

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How to Sell A Book, if you’re a robot

Over the last couple of weeks, we thought about how to sell books the traditional way – print books sold through physical bookstores. The short…

Harry 25 October 2024

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How to Sell A Book, if you’re a portly gentleman running for a door

Last week, I talked about how print-led publishing is essentially dominated by the battle to secure retail space.  If your book gets a really good…

Harry 18 October 2024

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SPOTLIGHT FEATURE – Sheyla Knigge from High Line Literary Collective

Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to Spotlight On! We’re back with a brand-new series of interviews with literary agents. Stay tuned to learn more…

Anna 15 October 2024

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How to Sell A Book, if you smoke a pipe and wear tweed 

Last week, I talked about how selling print books is a very different proposition from selling ebooks. Print books can’t change their covers, can’t radically…

Harry 11 October 2024

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How to sell a book

This is the first in a season of emails on how to sell a book. Today’s email will cover the shape of the industry as…

Harry 4 October 2024

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Packing the bags

When I was a lad, and the sun shone hot, and water was bluer and the grass was greener, I used to do a fair…

Harry 10 May 2024

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The luck of the draw

Because I’m charging around in Wales with the kids – I’m going to keep it short this week. One thought and one thought only: There’s…

Harry 5 April 2024

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The dark thunder of the synopsis gods

Last week’s Feedback Friday was all about synopses, so we’ll talk synopsis in a moment … except that first, obviously, we need to deal with…

Harry 22 March 2024

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